The Bristol Bay region of southwest Alaska is home to the last great
wild sockeye salmon fishery in the world. It’s also home to enormous
mineral deposits—copper, gold, molybdenum—estimated to be worth over
$300 billion. Now, two foreign mining companies are proposing to
extract this mineral wealth by digging one of North America’s largest
open-pit mines, the “Pebble Mine,” at the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
FRONTLINE travels to Alaska to probe the fault lines of a growing battle
between those who depend on this extraordinary fishery for a living,
the mining companies who are pushing for Pebble, and the political
framework that will ultimately decide the outcome.
Watch the trailer HERE and tune in July 24 to see the whole episode.
